Tank commander Vadim Shysimarin, 21, admits shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian who was on a bicycle A Russian tank commander has pleaded guilty to shooting dead a 62-year-old man as he rode his bicycle down a village road, in Ukraine’s first trial for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion. […]
Month: May 2022
Zelenskiy says Russian use of laser weapons shows invasion has failed; World Bank agrees $30bn global food aid plan Continue reading…
Analysis: By demanding extradition of alleged PKK members, Turkish president could have one eye on elections After initial hesitation about the seriousness of Turkey’s objections, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has doubled down on his threat to veto Finland’s and Sweden’s applications for membership of Nato, saying there is no […]
Fate of soldiers leaving Azovstal steel site unclear and numbers not confirmed by Ukraine Ukraine-Russia war – latest updates More than 900 Ukrainian troops who were at Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant have been sent to a prison colony on Russian-controlled territory, Moscow has said, as their fate remains uncertain. […]
Poorest predicted to be hit hardest by obesity crisis as government accused of ‘kicking the can down the road’ More than 42 million adults in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2040 and at higher risk of 13 types of cancer, an “alarming” report reveals, as health leaders […]
Ukraine says there will be prisoner swap but some Russian officials have said forces could be tried or executed Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The fate of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who have ended weeks of resistance at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol remains unclear, after the fighters surrendered and were […]
Russia and Ukraine trade blame for stalled peace talks; Finland and Sweden to submit Nato bids on Wednesday Continue reading…
Surrounded and bombarded by Russian troops, the ‘apocalyptic’ siege that defined the brutality of Putin’s war appears over Cut off from the world and low on food and ammunition, many of the hundreds of defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mauripol were wounded, some missing limbs. Their capitulation had […]
Analysis: western military planners believe Russian president is operating at ‘level of a colonel or brigadier’ amid push into Donbas Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates It is Vladimir Putin’s war – or least that’s how the west characterises it. Not only was the decision to invade Ukraine made by the Russian […]
MP arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct Boris Johnson’s party has been engulfed in fresh scandal as it emerged a Conservative MP had been arrested on Monday on suspicion of serious sexual offences, including rape. The unnamed man’s arrest on […]